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shawa
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 Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:26 pm Post subject: The Secure Fence Act of 2006 |
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It's about time!! A stand-alone Bill to secure borders. Never mind all the citizenship, guest worker blather. CLOSE THE BORDERS FIRST!!
(notice the usual suspects-McCain, Graham, Warner Oppose the 'Berlin wall') I hope they are getting an earful from their constituents.
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In addition to building double-layered fences along 700 miles of the southern border, the Secure Fence Act also calls for changing Border Patrol policy to allow agents to forcibly disable fleeing vehicles along the border. The measure also would deploy cameras, ground sensors and unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor the border.
"This border-security package, coupled with the increased appropriations for border security, will have a real impact on our homeland security and is a vital step forward toward fixing the problem of illegal immigration," Majority Whip Mitch McConnell said yesterday. |
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Doll
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:51 am Post subject: |
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The problem with this is that there is no funding for the fence, which will take years to build that is, if it ever gets funded. Sadly there were many other reforms that could have been adopted this year that would have strengthened immigration enforcement, closed deportation apertures immediately, and provided true closure at the border.
This administration's renewed passivity is inexcusable, which has been left open to tens of thousands of new Saudi student visa holders while enforcement against millions of current visa over stayers remain literally non-existent.
The 700-mile fence vote is an election season political gesture at best. Conservatives who have observed the GOP squander away this issue for the last six years refuse to be appeased by mid-September 2006 gesture politics. This is truly playing border games with our safety post 9/11.
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shawa
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:16 am Post subject: |
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Good news, Doll. This one IS funded through DHS.
Looks like a great system that will cover both the Mexican AND Canadian borders.
Mercury News
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Boeing's high-tech plan secures contract for protecting U.S. border
By Dave Montgomery
McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is teaming with one of the nation's leading aerospace companies to throw an array of technology - from mounted infrared cameras to tiny, hand-operated aerial drones - into the administration's goal of achieving operational control of the nation's borders within two years.
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems of St. Louis was awarded the project, potentially worth billions, in a hard-fought competition with four other industry teams.
Boeing was identified as the probable winner in press accounts earlier this week, but Bush administration officials and executives from the winning team provided more details on the so-called "virtual fence" at a news conference Thursday to officially announce the contract.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the first phase of the project will begin with a $67 million contract to secure a troublesome 28-mile stretch of the Southwest border near Tucson, Ariz., within eight months. Ultimately, the high-tech shield will stretch across all 6,000 miles of the U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada at a cost expected to exceed $2 billion.
Chertoff has committed his department to achieving operational control of the border by 2008. The administration's efforts parallel a rancorous debate in Congress over Republican-led border security measures, including the proposed construction of a 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Chertoff and other officials said the network will be built in segments, starting with the most heavily trafficked sections of the U.S.-Mexico border, and would be tailored according to the type of terrain and immigration and smuggling patterns.
When completed, it could include as many as 1,800 towers with sensors and high-resolution cameras linking mobile and stationary command-and-control centers. Border Patrol agents in the field could plug into the surveillance network through small handheld devices that would also enable them to do background checks on apprehended suspects. |
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Doll
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Great find Shawa! I was not aware of this. This is good news and I am sure DHS will be sure to follow through on this. This news is a true confidence booster! We sure do need safe borders. 
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BuffaloJack
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This must be sKerry inspired. Run to the UN for consolation.
If the fence will cut down on the number criminals entering the USA then it should be lauded. And since they knowingly violate our immigration laws they are CRIMINALS.
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Doll
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| BuffaloJack wrote: |
This must be sKerry inspired. Run to the UN for consolation.
If the fence will cut down on the number criminals entering the USA then it should be lauded. And since they knowingly violate our immigration laws they are CRIMINALS. |
Agreed.
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